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Updated on 27th March 2024

Soinuenea Fundazioa has organized the 20th Traditional Music Conference, which will address the Jew's harp. Experts from different European countries will gather in Oiartzun on the 13th April to present their work on this small instrument. In the morning symposium, Alessandro Zolt and Harm J. Linsen will talk about European and Asian mouth harps. Afterwards, Francis Olivier Almeida, Xoxé Vázquez Che and Juan Mari Beltran will present their research on Galizia and the Basque Country.

In the afternoon, Xoxé Vázquez Che will conduct a workshop on how to prepare jaw harps. Finally, the players will give a concert for the wide audience.


OBSERVATIONS: Attending the program symposium (lectures, meal and workshop) will cost 15 euros, including lunch. To attend as a listener, the completed registration form and a proof of the payment must be sent to komunikazio@soinuenea.eus. The registration period ends on the 22th March.

In case someone needs a place to in Oiartzun, the closest to the Conference venue is the Elizalde Hotel.


PROGRAM

SATURDAY 13TH ApRIL

SYMPOSIUM. Oiartzun's Townhall. Plenary Hall (Done Eztebe plaza, 1; Oiartzun)

9:30 – 10:00 Reception

10:00 – 10:30 Presentation of the conference

10:30 – 11:20 The jew's harp in Europe: richness and complexity of an ancient tradition

Alessandro Zolt (International Jew's Harp Society)

11:20 – 12:00 Lamellate Jew’s Harps from Asia with an emphasis on but not limited to the Indonesian Archipelago

Harm J. Linsen (International Jew's Harp Society)

12:00 – 12:15 Break

12:15 – 13:00 Un acercamiento a la Trompa Galega

Francis Olivier Almeida Otero – Xosé Vázquez Suárez Che

13:00 – 14:00 Tronpa-musugitarra Euskal Herrian

Juan Mari Beltran Argiñena (Soinuenea)

 

LUNCH. Ibargain elkartea (Aialde kalea, 6; Oiartzun)

14:30 – 15:30 Lunch

 

WORKSHOP. Oiartzun's Townhall. Plenary Hall (Done Eztebe plaza, 1; Oiartzun)

16:00 – 18:00 Taller de construcción de Trompa Galega

Xosé Vázquez Suárez Che


CONCERT. Oiartzun's Townhall. Plenary Hall (Done Eztebe plaza, 1; Oiartzun)

19:00 Jew's harp players concert

Ander Barrenetxea (Basque Country), Juan Mari Beltran (Basque Country)

Alessandro Zolt (Italy), Harm Linsen (Netherland)

Xosé Vázquez Suárez Che (Galiza), Francis Olivier Almeida (Galiza), Ramón Dopico (Galiza)

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